Home page and News pages built into the Front Chat widget for proactive messaging
We love Front but find the chatbot lacks some nice features that Intercom has with the chatbot. We would love to see the Front chatbox be upgraded to allow proactive messaging/information to be shared. We would use this to share news about our lat...
The limit is set to 2000 characters currently, it would be nice if this could be increased to avoid needing to send multiple messages or direct the customer to another form of communication i.e. email when dealing with a more complex inquiry.
Chatbot does not recognize line breaks upon receipt
Front's chatbot does not recognize line breaks. This means that requests group into large blocks of text that can be difficult to decipher - and lead to errors. It also differs from how the customer intended to submit their request (since line bre...
Handling Chatbot Messaging During Holidays/Slow Periods
Request an efficient way to indicate slower response times to users during holidays or low-activity periods, without manually updating messaging across multiple channels. Potential solutions: Centralized setting/flag to activate "slow response" mo...
The size of the Front Chat JS bundle triggers some "Reduce unused JavaScript" warnings when running a Lighthouse page speed test. Is it possible to find any ways to optimize the bundle size of the chat widget, such as only requesting modules I nee...
It would be helpful to have the ability to natively directly screen-share and video conference in Front Chat without our customers having to leave the chat widget and/or download an external application.
Make chat window smaller when browser is not on full screen mode
When customers are not using our website on full-screen mode, the current chat box will expand & take up their entire page. Previously, the chat box would only show up in a smaller screen on the bottom right corner. We'd like this small chat b...
Integrate chatbot with API so we can automate lookups to external databases. Ex) Automate lookups like appointment time, enter a zip code to find store locations, etc.